Another Fatal Accident Claims Two Lives In Bauchi
- Three persons hospitalised hours to Sallah
BY ADEYEMI AKANJI, BAUCHI – Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC), has confirmed the death of two people with three others injured in fatal multiple accidents barely 24 hours to the 2022 Eid-el-Fitir Sallah celebration.
The confirmation was contained in a Road Traffic Crash (RTC) report from Zebra 30 RS12.14 Toro/Magama Station in Toro Local Government Area of the Bauchi State Sector Command of FRSC.
According to the report jointly issued by SRC SA Jeremiah Unit Command (UC) RS12.14 Toro and ACC JO BEBIA, the crash occurred on Friday, 29/04/2022 at 2011 hours and was reported at 2015hrs while the operatives of FRSC arrived at the scene 2020 hours making a response time of 5mins.
The route of the accident is Panshanu on the Toro-Bauchi route while the nature of RTC was fatal involving 2 vehicles, a commercial Sharon Volkswagen mini-bus and a privately driven Honda Civic car with registration numbers TRR808XA and JMT940RL respectively.
According to the report, the probable cause of the RTC was Speed limit violation (SPV) and lost of control (LOC) by the drivers.
A total of 03 Male Adults were injured while 02 Male Adults were killed out of the total number of 05 Male Adults involved in the crash. The type of injuries were cuts and bruises.
Thanks to the quick response of the FRSC personnel, the injured victims were taken to the General Hospital in Toro for medical attention while the dead bodies were deposited at the hospital mortuary, even as efforts were made to immediately clear the obstruction on the highway.
The Command appealed to road users to the cautious while driving considering the heavy traffic that will be witnessed during the Sallah period reminding them that only the living can celebrate.
